A carefree girl’s unconventionality places her in a moral dilemma.
For Edwardes, see Novels 158, 212, and 270.
“A very pretty story indeed, very well told, with incidents which are both plausible and natural”; for those who “like the true novel of comedy as it was before sensationalism triumphed.” Spectator, November 10, 1866
The heroine is “a bit of fresh and original painting.” Saturday Review, November 10, 1866
A somewhat contrasting view:
“A brisk, lively, and thoroughly readable tale, belonging to a low school of romantic art” marred by “false theory and Bohemian sentiment.” Athenaeum, November 17, 1866
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